Railway car



Nov. 6 1923.

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THOMAS ELLIOTT, 0F. CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE CINCINNATI CAB COM- PANY, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, A. CORPORATION OF OHIO.

RAILWAY CAR.

Application filed February 20, 1922. Serial No. 537,833.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS ELLIOTT, a citizen of the United States,,residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway Cars, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in railway cars, particularly the kind used on street railway lines and on interurban roads.

The objects of the invention are as follows To'r'educe the longitudinal dimensions of the car body without reducing the seating capacity or the dimensions of the seats and the seating space; and in this manner to reduce the cost of .construction and also the weight of the body which, in turn, lessens the cost of operation by reducing the amount of motive power required for propulsion.

To so arrange what is retained of the vestibule of the car that an ample compartment is provided for accommodation of the equipment apparatus, such as the controller used for controlling the electric current, the air valve devices, the door controlling mechanism and the hand brake devices.

To construct the vertical side members of the body inaway to provide ribs that extend from the sill to the belt'rail .an'dposts that extend from the belt rail to the roof, in such way that the widest part of the .body will be at the place occupied by passengers when sitting on the seats.

To provide an anchor device which shall secure the posts to the belt rail and, preferably, incidentally also secure the window sill between the belt'rail and the post.

These several objects I carry into practical effect by the arrangement and construction hereinafter described and illustrated,in the preferred form, in the accompanying drawings.

In these drawings:

Fig. l is a side elevation of a car body embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a partial plan view and sectional view of such a car body;

Fig. .3 is a vertical sectional view, on an enlarged scale, of one side of such a car body;

Fig. 4 is another enlarged vertical sectional view showing the relation of the belt rail, lrib, side post and anchor; and

Fig. 5 is a cross section of the side post and sash-guide strip.

The numeral 1 designates a car body generally. This body has the floor 2 ramped at each end from a point substantially over the inner truck wheel, thence to and including the platform.

At one or both ends of the bod'y I construct a reduced vestibule indicated generally at 4c. This vestibule is built upon a base rail 5 preferably in the form of a channel iron which is connected, in any approved manner, with the car sills 6, best seen in Fig. 3, and usually in the form of angle iron. A floor 7 for the vestibule, "shown in dotted lines in Fig. l, is located within the base rail. A housing or outer casing 8, preterably of sheet metal, is fitted to the base rail and extended up but part way of the height of the car, just high enough to form within it a compartment for enclosing the equipment which is manipulated by the motorinan. A roof or deck 9 is built upon the vestibule to close it at the top.

By reference to Fig. 2 it will be observed that the controller shown dotted lines at 10, the instrument by which the electric current is controlled, as also the air brake valve indicated by the dotted lines 1 1, the door-controlling lever indicated by the dotted lines 12, the brake hand "wheel suggested by the dotted lines 1 3 and the sign light box indicated by the dotted lines 14, are all afforded ample and very convenient location and enclosure'within the vestibule.

The inner end of the vestibule, which is below the front windows 15 of the car, is paneled or otherwise enclosed by means of thin fixed walls 16 and hinged sections 17, which latter constitute doors for closing the vestibule entirely, as well as giving access to its interior. These doors will frequently be swung out to the position shown in Fig.

2 and placed against the motormans stool or seat 18 so as to enclose it, yet leave ample space for his feet and limbs in front of and below the seat. \Vhen the motorman leaves the car, or the car is out of use, these doors will be closed, and, if desired, fastened so as to protect the equipment within the vestibule from being tampered with.

By reason of the vestibule being termition of the vestibule instead of in line with its front surface. The result is a shortenlng of the bodyiat both ends to the extent of the longitudinal measurement of the vestibule. Moreover, the front wall of the body is preferably built on a straight line, as indicated by the position of the windowsin Fig. 2, instead of building this front wall on the curved line of the forward end of the vestibule, This results in shortening the length of the end; wall of the car from side to side as well as shortening the distance be tween the end wall above the vestibule from one end of the car to the other. Thus material is saved and weight reduced.

And notonly this, but, as will be clearly seen from Fig, 1, the roof 20, and all that goes tomake it up, such as rafters, plate, adjacent molding, etc., are shortened and reduced innumber and quantity because the roof need only extend suitably over the front end of the body in its new location instead of further on and out to a point over the front end of the vestibule. This is a material matter when the whole area. of the vestibule is taken in view and it is considered that the usual heavy roof structure which would cover this area is now eliminated. Thus it Will be seen that approximately the upper half of the body of the car, and the roof, are shortened and reduced by the fore and aft measurement and by the area of the vestibule; and that this radical change is made at both ends of the car, with theresulting saving of labor in building, materialin construction, and permanent weight to be propelled by the m0- tive power. Referring now to Fig. 3 it will be seen that instead of the common construction of side post'extending from the body fioo-r in a continuous piece to the roof, and in some instances, in a continuouspiece from the floor at one side of the car to the floor at the, other, thus including in one piece two posts and a rafter, I have departed from that type of construction and fashioned these major framing members of ribs 21 which extend from the floor or sill 6, to the point Where the belt rail 22 would be located. On the belt rail I mount the window sill 23 and on the sill I place the side post 24.v It extends from the sill to the roof, as indicated at 25, and is provided with a guide-strip 26 for the sash 27. Fig. 5 shows a cross section of the post '24, as also the guide strip and the lower sash.

The post 24: is anchored at its lower end to that part of the structure which is below the post, by means of the anchor bolt 28 rivets 22*, to the body plate 22*, and which in turn is secured in any of the usual ways tot-he rib '21. The post 2a is bored out at an inclination, as-shown in Fig. l, to receive the anchor bolt whose upper end is screwed or otherwise unitedwith an anchor block 28. Thebolt extends through "the sill 23, the belt rail 22 and the bendin'the flange portion 22 of the body plate. At

this lower end the anchor bolt is threaded and a. nut, 29' is applied, by which all these parts are drawn and tightly bound together, and the foot of the side post duly-anchored to the lower portion of the structure.

The lower sash 30-is fitted to slide in the way between the guide strip 26 and the outer margin of the post 4 It will be seen that besides anchoring the that in a place where the equipment will b-eo-ut of the way of themotorman and of passengers leaving and entering the car' through the doorways, suchas indicated at 31 on both sides of the can Such doorways have the usual or any approveddoors and steps.

In this structure it will be observed, too, that the vestibule is of height approximately half the height of thebody, while the front of the body. is set back substantially the depth or horizontal measurement of the vestibule, and thatthe termination of the roof is likewise set back.

Having thus fully described myinvention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is i 1 1. A car body having a floor and windows in the-end spaced above said. floor for front vision for the driver and a vestibule of height less than the height of the body, said vestibule having itsltop below said windows, and the front end of the body above the vestibule set back substantially the depth of the vestibule. i

2. A car body having a fidor and windows in the end spaced above said floor-for front vision for the driver; and a vestibule at the end thereof of height substantially half of the height of the car, said vestibule having its top below the bottom of said windows the front of the car above the vestibule being set back substantially the depth of the' vestibule and the termination of'the roof set back to agree with the position of such end of the body.

A car body having its floor ramped at the end portion and extended to form the platform floor, Windows for the operator in the end of the car spaced above said floor a vestibule projected. beyond such floor and extended upward and covered at a point substantially half the height of the car front and below the bottom of said Windows, the

front of the car above the vestibule being setback substantially the depth of the vestibule and the termination of the car roof set back to correspond with the position of such front portion.

et. A car body having its floor ramped ncar the ends, such floor extending out to form the platform as well, Windows for the operator in the end of the car spaced above said platform. a vestibule extended beyond the platform to form an equipment compartment. and extended to a height substantially half that of the car, said vestibule terminating below said windows and the front of the (-ar above the vestibule set back substantially the depth of the vestibule and likewise the termination of the roof.

5. A car body having a floor and an operators platform, a vestibule beyond the platform to form a compartment for the equipment and partition including doors to divide the operators platform from the interior of the vestibule, said vestibule of height less than that of the body, and the end of the body about the vestibule set back substantially the depth of the vestibule.

6. In a single deck car body, a vestibule beyond the platform of aheight substantially half that of the body, a closure wall for the inner end of the vestibule, such wall including movable sections constituting doors, and the end of the body above the vestibule set back substantially the depth of the vestibule and having windows looking out over the vestibule.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

THOMAS ELLIOTT. 

